Nun's Priest, the Franklin, the Canon's Yeoman and the Manciple. |
The manciple accuses the cook of being drunk, and the cook falls off his horse after giving the Manciple a dirty look. |
A manciple was in charge of getting provisions for a college or court. |
Paying the barber, the cook, the laundress and the manciple amounted to a further six shillings a year. |
The satire was too much for the Cook, who became excited, and fell from his horse in his attempts to oppose the manciple. |
There's even an operetta, conducted by the Manciple, in which Apollo brands his musical white crow with black feathers. |